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    Help with my setup.

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Computadora, May 28, 2011.

  1. Computadora

    Computadora Newbie

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    So im receiving a laptop for my graduation present and have been doing some research on them. I have a final build and would love to here comments/opinions on how my computer will run. Mostly love to play great game like CS:S, unreal championship 3, crysis and basically just wondering how itll run on max settings and if im getting my money worth. Also if anyone knows what kind of fps id be getting on a game like CSS?

    $1,174.99

    Hp Pavilion dv6t

    2nd generation Intel(R) Quad Core(TM) i7-2630QM (2.0 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache) w/Turbo Boost up to 2.9 GHz

    1GB GDDR5 Radeon(TM) HD 6770M Graphics [HDMI, VGA]

    8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)

    640GB 7200RPM Hard Drive

    15.6" diagonal Full HD HP Anti-glare LED Display (1920 x 1080)

    Carrying Case

    Im not really looking to buy seperate parts and build it myself. Any suggestions? Dont want to make a rash decision on my new laptop.
    Thank you ahead of time
    Ryan
     
    Computadora, May 28, 2011
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    key001 Notebook Evangelist

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  4. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    That machine is a great notebook "IF" you get a hold of the many HP coupons here at NBR. :D

    But the suggestions for the Sager NP8130 (Clevo P151HM) and Asus G73SW (Backlit keyboard) aint bad either.
    Both got similar performance at default build, but be wary of the default screen on the Sager NP8130.
    Read in the Sager / Clevo subforum that the screen is Meh.
     
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    That, and the GTX 460m, soon to be 560m in the Sager notebooks, has much better performance than the 6770m. Not to mention the 192-bit bus of the 460m/560m versus 128-bit bus on the 6770m.
     
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    How is it gimped?
     
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    It only has 1gb of vram and the bus width is also 128bit vs 192bit on the 1.5gb version.
     
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    Phistachio, May 29, 2011
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